Aston Villa Old Stars
The Aston Villa Old Stars team was founded in 1960 by former Aston Villa & England winger Leslie Smith.
The team has played up to 25 fundraising matches in every year since throughout the UK, in Ireland, the Channel Islands, Holland, France, Spain and Germany.
Since 1960, the names of the former players to have appeared in the Aston Villa Old Stars team reads like an Aston Villa Who's Who? The following is just a small selection of the great names to have represented the team since its formation.
| Charlie Aitken | Peter Aldis | Ron Atkinson | Andy Blair | John Burridge |
| Harry Burrows | Much Callaghan | Larry Canning | Frank Carrodus | Vic Crowe |
| Jim Cumbes | George Cummings | Alan Deakin | John Deehan | Johnny Dixon |
| Dickie Dorsett | Jimmy Dugdale | Allan Evans | Trevor Ford | John Gidman |
| Brian Godfrey | Andy Gray | Chico Hamilton | Eric Houghton | Steve Hunt |
| Brian Little | Stan Lynn | Jimmy MacEwan | Johnny MacLeod | Bobby McDonald |
| Ken McNaught | Peter McParland | Con Martin | Sammy Morgan | Dennis Mortimer |
| Frank Moss | Chris Nicholl | Ian Olney | Harry Parkes | Leighton Phillips |
| Chris Price | Cyrille Regis | Bruce Rioch | Ken Roberts | John Robson |
| Davie Rudge | Joe Rutherford | Pat Saward | Jackie Sewell | Gary Shaw |
| Nigel Sims | John Sleeuwenhoek | Gordon Smith | Leslie Smith | Simon Stainrod |
| Kenny Swain | Bobby Thomson | Mike Tindall | Fred Turnbull | Peter Withe |
Added to these are the players in the current squad:
| Dale Belford | Paul Birch | Darren Bradley | Des Bremner | Mark Burke |
| John Capaldi | John Chambers | Stan Collymore | Gordon Cowans | Tony Daley |
| Mark Delaney | Derek Dudley | Steve Frpggatt | Colin Gibson | Pat Heard |
| Tommy Johnson | Phil King | Mark Kinsella | Ivor Linton | Paul Merson |
| Tony Morley | Dave Norton | Brendan Ormsby | Gavin Price | Neil Rioch |
| Phil Robinson | Bryan Small | Nigel Spink | Steve Staunton | Gary Stirland |
| Ian Taylor | Garry Thompson | Mark Walters | Ian Ward | Gary Williams |
Many of these former professional footballers have achieved the highest honours available in the game and in today's multi-billion pound professional football environment, it is highly commendable to see so many great players giving their time and commitment in support of a deserving cause, free of any personal payment whatsoever.
To date, the Aston Villa Old Stars team has helped to raise over £3½ million for charitable and deserving causes and they are, without doubt, the leading former players team in the UK.
If you are interested in organising a fundraising fixture with this legendary team, please contact us.
Aston Villa Old Stars is sponsored by Gemini Wealth Management.
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